diff --git a/doc/contribute.html b/doc/contribute.html
index f204b06e65..19f61cc585 100644
--- a/doc/contribute.html
+++ b/doc/contribute.html
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ script as *nix.)
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Your secret authentication token is now in a <code>.gitcookie</code> file
+Your secret authentication token is now in a <code>.gitcookies</code> file
 and Git is configured to use this file.
 </p>